Several quarters are crying foul over MIC leading the Mega Mydaftar campaign, which seeks to register undocumented Malaysian-born individuals.

The move, announced by MIC president Dr S Subramaniam, has been branded by critics as "political gimickry to obtain votes" in the run up to the coming 14th general election.

Spokesperson for citizen group Freedom, N Ganesan, said the government lacked the political will to resolve the problems of stateless people.

"We are often given the run around by the National Registration Department (NRD) when handling such cases, but now the government turns around and gives it to a political party to handle it," said Ganesan, who is currently handling such cases in Penang...